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archery

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • ärchərē
  • /ˈɑɹt͡ʃəɹiː/
  • /ˈɑːt͡ʃəɹiː/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AA1 R CH ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A group of archers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the sport of shooting arrows with a bow

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sport, athletics

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2erkw- Proto-Indo-European *h2erkwos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin arcuārius Vulgar Latin *arcārius Old French archier Old French archeriebor. Middle English archerie English archery From Middle English archerie, from Old French archerie, from archier (“archer”). Equivalent to archer + -ery.

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: boogskiet — the practice
  • Afrikaans: boogskut — the practice
  • Arabic: رِمَايَة (rimāya) — the practice
  • Armenian: նետաձգություն (netajgutʻyun) — the practice
  • Azerbaijani: oxatma — the practice
  • Belarusian: стральба́ з лу́ка (stralʹbá z lúka) — the practice
  • Bulgarian: стрелба́ с лък (strelbá s lǎk) — the practice
  • Catalan: tir amb arc — the practice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 箭術 /箭术 (jiànshù) — the practice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 射箭 (shèjiàn) — the practice
  • Czech: lukostřelba — the practice
  • Danish: bueskydning — the practice
  • Dutch: boogschieten — the practice
  • Estonian: vibusport — the practice
  • Ewe: aŋutrɔdada — the practice
  • Finnish: jousiammunta — the practice
  • French: tir à l'arc — the practice
  • French: archerie — the practice
  • Georgian: მშვილდოსნობა (mšvildosnoba) — the practice
  • German: Bogenschießen — the practice
  • Greek: τοξοβολία (toxovolía) — the practice
  • Ancient Greek: τοξεία (toxeía) — the practice
  • Hindi: धनुर्विद्या (dhanurvidyā) — the practice
  • Hindi: तीरंदाज़ी (tīrandāzī) — the practice
  • Hungarian: íjászat — the practice
  • Indonesian: panahan — the practice
  • Italian: tiro con l'arco — the practice
  • Japanese: 弓道 (kyūdō) — the practice
  • Japanese: 弓術 (kyūjutsu) — the practice
  • Japanese: アーチェリー (ācherī) — the practice
  • Kazakh: садақ ату (sadaq atu) — the practice
  • Korean: 궁도 (gungdo) — the practice
  • Korean: 궁술 (gungsul) — the practice
  • Korean: 양궁 (yanggung) — the practice
  • Latvian: loka šaušana — the practice
  • Macedonian: стреличарство (streličarstvo) — the practice
  • Maltese: dwell — the practice
  • Mongolian: харваа (xarvaa) — the practice
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bueskyting — the practice
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bogeskyting — the practice
  • Occitan: tir amb arc — the practice
  • Persian: تیراندازی با کمان — the practice
  • Polish: łucznictwo — the practice
  • Portuguese: arco e flecha — the practice
  • Russian: стрельба́ из лу́ка (strelʹbá iz lúka) — the practice
  • Scottish Gaelic: boghadaireachd — the practice
  • Serbo-Croatian: стрѐлича̄рство — the practice
  • Serbo-Croatian: strèličārstvo — the practice
  • Slovak: lukostrelectvo — the practice
  • Slovene: lokostrelstvo — the practice
  • Spanish: arquería — the practice
  • Spanish: tiro con arco — the practice
  • Swedish: bågskjutning — the practice
  • Tamil: வில்லாண்மை (villāṇmai) — the practice
  • Tamil: விற்கலை (viṟkalai) — the practice
  • Tamil: வில்வித்தை (vilvittai) — the practice
  • Telugu: విలువిద్య (viluvidya) — the practice
  • Thai: การยิงธนู (kār ying ṭhnū) — the practice
  • Turkish: okçuluk — the practice
  • Ukrainian: стрільба́ з лу́ка (strilʹbá z lúka) — the practice
  • Vietnamese: bắn cung — the practice
  • Welsh: saethyddiaeth — the practice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 射箭隊 /射箭队 (shèjiàn duì) — a group of archers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弓箭手隊 /弓箭手队 (gōngjiànshǒu duì) — a group of archers
  • Finnish: ryhmä jousiampujia — a group of archers
  • French: archerie — a group of archers
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